The Hold
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Andrea Michael feels more welcome in the fictional world's she reads about than the world she is living in. She has been going to the public library in her small town for as long as she could remember, the library assistant there, Kelly, is her favorite. Andrea has placed a book on hold and has been waiting for several months now for it. Right as Andrea is going to give up hope on the book, she comes face to face with the person who had checked it out as he returns it.
Andrea realizes this person is someone she has gotten to know and is someone she secretly has a crush on, will this discovery bring them together or will they just be passers in one another's lives?
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